
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
Investment Opportunities: Opto Sessions brings you exclusive interviews with the world’s top investors, fund managers and CEOs, uncovering their secrets to success. Tune in to learn how to invest in the next big idea and gain actionable insights from the industry's sharpest minds.
Latest episodes

Oct 29, 2020 • 1h 9min
Jesse Felder - Teslas vampire squid & The return of Black Gold
Today I welcome Jesse Felder, Founder of the Felder Report. Jesse began his professional career at Bear Stearns and later co-founded a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund in Santa Monica, California. Today he manages the Felder report from his home in Oregon. Jesse runs a really fascinating blog @ the felderreport.com and I’ve dug into some of his more recent musings on the market including why it’s time to get greedy in the energy sector and the vampire squid that’s potentially behind the recent call buying frenzy in tesla. @jessefelderhttps://www.thefelderreport.com/Enjoy...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Oct 22, 2020 • 1h 6min
Denny Fish - A $5.4 Billion Fund, The Inflection Election & Favourite Tech Innovators
This week I spoke to Denny Fish, Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson, an asset manager responsible for £272.5 billion of client money. Denny manages Janus's Global Technology and Innovation strategy, a position he’s held since January 2016, and combines those duties with his role as Head of the firm’s Technology Sector Research Team. Denny's fascination for Tech stretches back to his time in Palo Alto, having worked for cloud giant Oracle in the late 90s.I ask Denny where Tech stocks are headed next, with the market zeitgeist turning towards cyclicals. We speak about the innovative companies that make it into a fund that’s returned nearly 50% in the past 12 months, and Denny finishes by highlighting his favourite tech innovations that are yet to make it into the public consciousness. Enjoy the episode!...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Oct 15, 2020 • 1h 12min
Peter Brandt - Classical Chart Patterns, The Pareto Principle & Corruptible US Dollars
This week we welcome Peter Brandt on the show, a renowned trader and founder of the factor LLC which is a proprietary trading firm. He’s also a prominent author in the trading space with two highly thought of publications including Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader.We talk through classical chart patterns, one of his specialties, why you should stop being obsessed with catching tops and bottoms and finish by analysing the long term prospects in Silver....Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Oct 8, 2020 • 1h 13min
50pips - Positioning for the US Election, Market flows & Removing your bias
Welcome to another episode of Opto Sessions. I’m Ed Gotham and today we’ve got the pleasure of inviting 50pips back on the show for a deep dive on the markets and price action. We talk about the US Election and how you should have a game plan regardless of the outcome. 50 also takes us through the major levels and flows in Gold, S&P500, and Nasdaq and we finish by discussing trained psychology with a focus on the importance of removing your bias. ...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Oct 1, 2020 • 53min
Chris Camillo - Turning $20k Into $30 Million
Today I’m talking to Chris Camillo, Founder of Dumb Money and an investor that’s turned $20k into over $30 million, and counting.Having led and founded a series of successful tech and software companies, in 2018 Chris - and his two friends Dave Hanson and Jordan McLain - gave up the day-job to invest their own money, full-time. Not only have they already recorded extraordinary success, Chris and co. have pioneered a unique investment strategy, or what they call ‘Social Arbitrage’.Chris hasn’t stopped there, Dumb Money have chronicled every high - and low - on their eponymous YouTube channel, now a mainstay among individual investors, and of course their 52,000 subscribers.Chris gives us real insight into his strategy, but not only that, he identifies the advantages enjoyed by those managing their own investment portfolios, up against the financial might of institutional money managers – a breath of fresh air. Enjoy the episode!...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Sep 24, 2020 • 59min
Andrew Thrasher - Market Breadth, Sector rotation strategies and the US election
I’m Ed Gotham, your host today and I have the pleasure of introducing Andrew Thrasher. Andrew Thrasher is the portfolio manager for the Financial Enhancement Group an Indiana-based asset management firm. He’s also the founder of Thrasher Analytics, a research & analysis service for financial advisors and investment institutions. We dig into the current market downturn and what to expect moving forward, we touch on the US election as well as sector rotation strategies, risk management, and planning for retirement.Enjoy. Follow Andrew @AndrewThrasher on twitter and http://www.athrasher.com/ ...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Sep 17, 2020 • 1h 3min
Jack Schwager - Market Wizards, Ray Dalio, Stanley Druckenmiller & Paul Tudor Jones
Our next guest needs no introduction...but I’m giving you one anyway.Jack Schwager, Author of the hugely popular and widely acclaimed Market Wizards series. Jack is a recognised industry expert in futures and hedge funds and has more recently stepped into the world of entrepreneurship as a founder of Fund Seeder, a platform to find talented traders and connect them with sources of capital. We dive into the market wizard series with special insight into the minds of prolific hedge fund wizards Ray Dalio, Stanley Druckenmiller & Paul Tudor Jones. We close the interview by revealing some of the stories you’ll want to read about from his upcoming release Unknown market wizards. Happy listening, over and out....Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Sep 10, 2020 • 50min
Kathryn McDonald - An ESG Chief on Sustainable Funds' $71 Billion Boom
Today, I’m welcoming Kathryn McDonald to the Opto Sessions podcast, Co-Founder of Radiant ESG. Earlier this year Kathryn and Radiant CEO Heidi Ridley left renowned Quant House, Rosenberg Equities - The ‘Original Quant’ if you read Rosenberg’s website. The duo had decided to take the ESG integration synonymous with their former employer, one step further.I speak to Kathryn about why, with global inflows into sustainable funds up 72% in Q2 2020, ESG is booming right now. We then discuss how Kathryn and Co. have captured this global zeitgeist, in Radiant’s product offering, with two new strategies primed for imminent market release.Kathryn’s commitment to what we now call Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing began over 30 years ago, and I learnt a lot about a sector that added $71 billion in the second quarter of this year. Kathryn identifies the themes she thinks will lend further intrigue to an industry on the lips of market commentators all over the world, and I hope you find the interview as valuable as I did. Enjoy!...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Sep 3, 2020 • 34min
Perth Tolle - Emerging Markets: How to Invest in Freedom & Why That Excludes China
Today I was hugely lucky to speak to Perth Tolle, founder of Life + Liberty Indexes. First of all, Perth spoke to us from Houston, Texas, an area recently hit by Hurricane Laura. Luckily, Houston avoided any severe impact, but unfortunately, the weather did play havoc with Perth’s internet connection, which does mean some of the interview’s audio isn’t quite as clear as usual. But, after a herculean effort from our editors, I really hope you enjoy the episode.And for a quick introduction, having worked as a private banker for one of the biggest asset managers in the world, Fidelity Investments, 10 years later Perth decided to found her own firm in 2014. Life & Liberty indexes is a purveyor of indices & ETFs designed to produce long-term outperformance in emerging markets while observing the freedom and human rights of the subjects within those nations. Frequently quoted throughout financial media, including numerous Bloomberg interviews, Perth was named one of the Ten to Watch in 2020 by Wealth Management Magazine. If you’re serious about the impact your investments have on the world, this isn’t one to miss. During the call, Perth mentions an article by colleague Jin Won Choi that busts the myth of Chinese outperformance in EM funds and indices, here it is: https://www.enjine.com/blog/frdm-invest-in-emerging-markets ...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

Aug 27, 2020 • 1h 2min
Meb Faber - Market bubbles, stock valuations and why you need a global asset allocation.
Today I welcome Meb Faber, co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. Meb is the fund manager of all 11 ETFs at Cambria which includes the global momentum ETF and global value ETF among others.We talk about market valuations, bubbles, and why you need a global asset allocation. Also, we discuss a couple of Cambria's funds, the shareholder yield fund, and the tail risk fund - both of which are relevant to the current market activity we’re seeing. You can follow Meb on twitter @MebFaber. Grab one of his books and check out the ETFs he manages at https://mebfaber.com/Want further insights from Opto? Check out our daily newsletter:https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter...Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter-----The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.